The Carolina Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-20 on Dec 21, 2025 at Bank of America Stadium.
Final · Bank of America Stadium
Top performers
- Baker Mayfield threw for 145 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception for the Buccaneers.
- Bucky Irving ran for 71 yards on 19 carries.
- Bryce Young threw for 191 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for the Panthers.
- Rico Dowdle ran for 29 yards on 9 carries.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucky Irving | 19 | 71 | 0 | 12 |
| Baker Mayfield | 4 | 49 | 0 | 26 |
| Rachaad White | 5 | 45 | 0 | 39 |
| Sean Tucker | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Jalen McMillan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 169 | 1 | 39 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emeka Egbuka | 1 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 40 |
| Mike Evans | 5 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 12 |
| Chris Godwin Jr. | 5 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 13 |
| Jalen McMillan | 2 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 10 |
| Cade Otton | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9 |
| Rachaad White | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 13 |
| Tez Johnson | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Team | 18 | 25 | 145 | 1 | 40 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavonte David | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SirVocea Dennis | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benjamin Morrison | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Parrish | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Logan Hall | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tykee Smith | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jamel Dean | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Haason Reddick | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Braswell | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Gaines | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yaya Diaby | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vita Vea | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 52 | 30 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Carolina Panthers box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rico Dowdle | 9 | 29 | 0 | 13 |
| Chuba Hubbard | 6 | 27 | 0 | 10 |
| Bryce Young | 4 | 20 | 0 | 9 |
| Jimmy Horn Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 20 | 76 | 0 | 13 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetairoa McMillan | 6 | 10 | 73 | 1 | 22 |
| Jalen Coker | 3 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 34 |
| Mitchell Evans | 3 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 10 |
| Rico Dowdle | 4 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 8 |
| Xavier Legette | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Ja'Tavion Sanders | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 6 |
| Chuba Hubbard | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Tommy Tremble | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 21 | 31 | 191 | 2 | 34 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Scott | 10 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claudin Cherelus | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre'von Moehrig | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Rozeboom | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Brown | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chau Smith-Wade | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Scourton | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akayleb Evans | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Wonnum | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaycee Horn | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Jackson | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bobby Brown III | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lathan Ransom | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Princely Umanmielen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A'Shawn Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 63 | 40 | 2.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Buccaneers · 2025 season · Previous Dec 11, 2025: ATL 29, TB 28 · Next Dec 28, 2025: TB 17, MIA 20
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